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Catalyst: Kay Henning Danley
“Let the Fragments of experience float around our unconscious mind in order to click into new combinations” Maria Papova I experience painting as a series of internal explosions, a constant rumble of internal collisions. A dream, an event, an encounter, a scene, or a memory tumble into my internal visual cauldron. Ideas swirl around until a catalyst causes them to coalesce, compelling me to bridge the gap between mind and physical art. As a painter, I strive to create meaning with disparate ideas, emotions, colors, and shapes onto a rectangular surface. Sometimes ideas run parallel to each other, creating more than one amalgamation to pursue in the studio. I prioritize what is most important to explore, both visually and emotionally. Images and personal symbols are added and subtracted or moved around on the canvas until the visual narrative emerges and the painting feels right. In this exhibit I explore ideas that may seem visually unrelated. However, the catalyst— the coming together of the ideas that create the paintings — are very much the same energy. In my horse paintings, I observe the relationship of horses and riders to their environment and in relation to each other. I seek to create a narrative that invites the viewer to enter the riding arena or the landscape and feel the world of the horses and riders in their surroundings. I strive to create an atmosphere, an alternate world that transcends daily life.The paintings in Catalyst include human figures populating a city street or an imaginative historical scene. The narrative including the human figures is similar to the horse paintings: they portray my ongoing interest in the relationship of the figures to each other and to their world. Of special interest to me is emotional connectivity and its opposite, isolation and alienation. These ideas continue to fascinate me, interest me, and engage me. Art elevates, excites, and provokes us to reflect about ourselves and how we experience life with others and with the beings sharing our world. I invite you to imagine walking into the setting of the paintings you see, wander around and experience your own emotional reactions. |
April 3 - 26, 2025
First Thursday Opening Reception - Thursday April 3rd, 5:00-8:00pm |
UPCOMING EXHIBITS 2025
May - Jeff Fuchs (In the North gallery) and Michael Spence (In the South Gallery)
"We speak in Color," Member Jeffrey Fuchs will be showing with Portland abstract artist Heather Adamek
"We speak in Color," Member Jeffrey Fuchs will be showing with Portland abstract artist Heather Adamek
June - New Members Morgan Curtis and Elena Thomas
Morgan’s mixed media works are a tangle of the ineffable – a fusion of, often comical, sometimes disturbing, images, experimental scales, and "cinematic brain captures."
Morgan’s mixed media works are a tangle of the ineffable – a fusion of, often comical, sometimes disturbing, images, experimental scales, and "cinematic brain captures."
Elena works in photography, sculpture, interactive art, and immersive installations. Her photography focuses on angles, reflections, and directional adjustments to challenge perceptual expectations. She uses similar principles in her sculptures.
July - Member Artists' Exhibit
Members share their newest work in a variety of styles and mediums.
Members share their newest work in a variety of styles and mediums.
August - Jeff Leake
September - Nancy Helmsworth
October - Jon Gottshall
November - Donald Dahlke
December - Member Holiday Exhibit
Past Exhibits
We host a variety of exhibitions throughout the year, featuring works by our artists as well as curated shows exploring different themes and ideas. Our exhibitions are designed to challenge and inspire, and we encourage visitors to engage with the art and with each other.
We host a variety of exhibitions throughout the year, featuring works by our artists as well as curated shows exploring different themes and ideas. Our exhibitions are designed to challenge and inspire, and we encourage visitors to engage with the art and with each other.
Gallery 114 proudly presents their new exhibition during the month of January - Undercurrent, the collective’s annual community effort to create a platform and greater visibility for the many artists in our region. The theme Undercurrent can be interpreted in so many ways. Literally, it is a dive beneath the surface of perception and an exploration of the invisible forces that shape our lives and our ideas.
See video of exhibit below
See video of exhibit below
MotherHood/AlphaBet - New Work by Ruth Ross
GIFTED
Member Holiday Show & Sale
See video below
Member Holiday Show & Sale
See video below
UNKNOWN OBJECTIVES - Member Sally Finch and guest artist Owen Premore explore their artistic questions with data, technology, collage, sculpture and paint. Both artists are driven by the technical and intellectual challenges of making their work without a firm idea of what it will look (or sound) like, or how, exactly, they will get there.
Of Two Minds. Zac Banik and Michael Spence (in the South Gallery)
Our two new members exhibit their work.
See video below
Our two new members exhibit their work.
See video below
Hyphae - Curated by member Sharon Servilio
Including artists David Onri Anderson, Francis Dot, Sadé DuBoise, Kanetaka Ikeda, Carlie Kinto, Catherine Sieck, Petra Szilagyi, Jessie Rose Vala, Brian Zegeer.
Hyphae converges nine artists whose work evokes an ecological mysticism.
See the video of the exhibit below.
Including artists David Onri Anderson, Francis Dot, Sadé DuBoise, Kanetaka Ikeda, Carlie Kinto, Catherine Sieck, Petra Szilagyi, Jessie Rose Vala, Brian Zegeer.
Hyphae converges nine artists whose work evokes an ecological mysticism.
See the video of the exhibit below.
BLOOM, Dianne Jean Erickson
with guests Chas Martin and Candyce Scott
My work is an invitation to experience the garden as I do—not just as a collection of plants, but as a living, breathing canvas of inspiration.
See the video of the exhibit below
with guests Chas Martin and Candyce Scott
My work is an invitation to experience the garden as I do—not just as a collection of plants, but as a living, breathing canvas of inspiration.
See the video of the exhibit below
A Drop in the Pond, Jon Gottshall
with guest artists Kerry Davis, Anna Daedalus, Maria Lux, She-Ju Wang, Rich Rollins, Barbara Gilson and member Nancy Helmsworth
When a landscape is unappealing, is not suitable for agriculture and lacks the natural resources we value, we see the land as unprofitable, a wasted space. Into this category, we have historically placed wetlands. Worse, we viewed them as sources of pestilence and disease.
Member Exhibit - Chaos Theory
Chaos Theory uses tenets of math and physics to study patterns of dynamic chaotic systems to better understand and predict their behavior. It's random and yet not random... People process, make sense of their human experience. Visual artists create artifacts (art) that reflects their lived understanding among the chaos that is our lives. Gallery 114 is proud to share the work of our artist members in this interesting exhibit!
Chaos Theory uses tenets of math and physics to study patterns of dynamic chaotic systems to better understand and predict their behavior. It's random and yet not random... People process, make sense of their human experience. Visual artists create artifacts (art) that reflects their lived understanding among the chaos that is our lives. Gallery 114 is proud to share the work of our artist members in this interesting exhibit!
Beneath the Surface
Response to call for art from regional artists
Response to call for art from regional artists
Pat Barrett
Signals Unclear - Paintings and Drawings
Signals Unclear - Paintings and Drawings
CityWorks
Photographers Mark Danley and Ellen Graham, guest artist showcase small businesses around Portland to honor the men and women whose creativity and craft make Portland unique. This exhibit is a tribute to the city behind the headlines, where crafts-people make products and perform services with beauty and skill.
Photographers Mark Danley and Ellen Graham, guest artist showcase small businesses around Portland to honor the men and women whose creativity and craft make Portland unique. This exhibit is a tribute to the city behind the headlines, where crafts-people make products and perform services with beauty and skill.
Future Hopefully - Jeff Fuchs with guest artists Jennifer Fernandez and Josh Peters
Future Hopefully captures the delicate balance between embracing the present and looking forward to what lies ahead, all the while holding onto our present and our past and comfort in our hope.
Future Hopefully captures the delicate balance between embracing the present and looking forward to what lies ahead, all the while holding onto our present and our past and comfort in our hope.
Invitational with guest curator Jaleesa Johnston
Imprint: Objects in Performance
Imprint: Objects in Performance
Maude Anne May - Palimpsest, layered stories with fabric & thread
with guest artist Leah Kohlenberg
with guest artist Leah Kohlenberg
Nancy Helmsworth - Rethinking Balch Creek
with Doug Anderson and Shelly Fredenberg
A series of paintings inspired by Balch Creek running through Forest Park, in PDX.
with Doug Anderson and Shelly Fredenberg
A series of paintings inspired by Balch Creek running through Forest Park, in PDX.
Jeff Leake - When You Were Silent
Printmaker Kanani Miyamoto, multimedia artist Will Kendall, and painter Jeff Leake delve into the complex nature of human interaction, inviting viewers to examine the nuanced interplay between our narratives, traditions, and the unspoken forces that shape our behavior."
Printmaker Kanani Miyamoto, multimedia artist Will Kendall, and painter Jeff Leake delve into the complex nature of human interaction, inviting viewers to examine the nuanced interplay between our narratives, traditions, and the unspoken forces that shape our behavior."
Joanie Krug - Exuberance
with Mark Dunst - Beyond the Now
Exuberance is an exhibit that invites the viewer to feel energy and aliveness through color, shape and movement.
with Mark Dunst - Beyond the Now
Exuberance is an exhibit that invites the viewer to feel energy and aliveness through color, shape and movement.
Cuba 2016 - 2023
Alan Wieder with Alexander Tanner
I first visited Cuba in December 2016 as a student in a Peter Turnley workshop. I returned in 2018 and then a number of visits were cancelled until I visited earlier this year. On each occasion, I spent my days on the streets making pictures of Cuban people. Venues included Havana, Vinales, and Santiago de Cuba. Besides city streets, I was able to photograph in schools, boxing gyms, beaches, tobacco farms, dance studios, and music venues. I made many street portraits but was also able to take candid pictures.
Alexander Tanner - Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest Comics Biography of All Time is a thoroughly researched dramatization of the life and cultural impact of one of the most important figures in American History. Compiled from dozens of sources, the book painstakingly recreates the events that composed his life.
Alan Wieder with Alexander Tanner
I first visited Cuba in December 2016 as a student in a Peter Turnley workshop. I returned in 2018 and then a number of visits were cancelled until I visited earlier this year. On each occasion, I spent my days on the streets making pictures of Cuban people. Venues included Havana, Vinales, and Santiago de Cuba. Besides city streets, I was able to photograph in schools, boxing gyms, beaches, tobacco farms, dance studios, and music venues. I made many street portraits but was also able to take candid pictures.
Alexander Tanner - Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest Comics Biography of All Time is a thoroughly researched dramatization of the life and cultural impact of one of the most important figures in American History. Compiled from dozens of sources, the book painstakingly recreates the events that composed his life.
In the Deep End
Juried exhibit of Local Artists
Gallery 114 is proud to present In the Deep End – a local juried artist exhibit that explores themes of depth, immersion, and submersion. The exhibition features works from some of the most talented local artists, who have been meticulously selected by the gallery's curatorial team
Juried exhibit of Local Artists
Gallery 114 is proud to present In the Deep End – a local juried artist exhibit that explores themes of depth, immersion, and submersion. The exhibition features works from some of the most talented local artists, who have been meticulously selected by the gallery's curatorial team
Working Apart - Coming Together
Gallery 114 Member Exhibit
Through the mediums of painting, sculpture, photography, and more, we share our unique perspectives and experiences with the world.
Gallery 114 Member Exhibit
Through the mediums of painting, sculpture, photography, and more, we share our unique perspectives and experiences with the world.
Painting the InBetween
Kay Henning Danley
“Painting the In Between” is the place I go when I'm painting. It’s not realism. And it's also not completely divorced from realism. It's an “in between place” where my best work happens.
Kay Henning Danley
“Painting the In Between” is the place I go when I'm painting. It’s not realism. And it's also not completely divorced from realism. It's an “in between place” where my best work happens.
ACCOMPLICE - Reasonings, Reckonings and Ratios from Elsewhere
James Reed
Accomplice is given form and content by these visual artworks and the participation of the viewer in the creative process.
I was challenged by the 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional visual design elements that I used in creating these compositions when I chose certain materials and objects to work with. However , with these challenges I was able to discover form and content that I was not yet conscious of.
James Reed
Accomplice is given form and content by these visual artworks and the participation of the viewer in the creative process.
I was challenged by the 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional visual design elements that I used in creating these compositions when I chose certain materials and objects to work with. However , with these challenges I was able to discover form and content that I was not yet conscious of.
Cleveland High School's International Baccalaureate Visual Arts Exhibition
Cleveland High School HL IB Art seniors presented a selection of their best work, a two year culmination of their IB experience.
Participating artists:
Adele Avenoso, Ellie Buck, Isabella Cummings, Liam Everson-O’Neil, Ada Hofmeister, Chloe Isaacman, Zeqe Golomb, Salem Khour, Chloe Maher, Lauran Shanley, Grace Springer, Madeleine Wright
Cleveland High School HL IB Art seniors presented a selection of their best work, a two year culmination of their IB experience.
Participating artists:
Adele Avenoso, Ellie Buck, Isabella Cummings, Liam Everson-O’Neil, Ada Hofmeister, Chloe Isaacman, Zeqe Golomb, Salem Khour, Chloe Maher, Lauran Shanley, Grace Springer, Madeleine Wright
Two Thousand Nine Hundred Miles Away
Jeffrey Fuchs / Sharon Servilio
Opening Reception: 1st Thursday, February 2, 5 to 8pm.
How do we locate ourselves in time and space? Points on a map exert a psychic pull on us, whether through lived experience, family of origin, ancestry, or a lineage of artistic influences we've never met. What does distance mean in a hyperconnected, context-collapsed world, and how is our perspective mediated when we are a nation or a neighborhood away? Some places take on a mythical quality or represent something lost, and others we distance ourselves from, only to be drawn back later in life. How do we hold this constellation while remaining present, engaged, and in relationship with our time and place in this moment?
Jeffrey Fuchs / Sharon Servilio
Opening Reception: 1st Thursday, February 2, 5 to 8pm.
How do we locate ourselves in time and space? Points on a map exert a psychic pull on us, whether through lived experience, family of origin, ancestry, or a lineage of artistic influences we've never met. What does distance mean in a hyperconnected, context-collapsed world, and how is our perspective mediated when we are a nation or a neighborhood away? Some places take on a mythical quality or represent something lost, and others we distance ourselves from, only to be drawn back later in life. How do we hold this constellation while remaining present, engaged, and in relationship with our time and place in this moment?
Juried Exhibit - "What If"
A Nationally Juried Exhibit
What If??
“Last night while I lay thinking here, some What Ifs crawled inside my ear, and pranced and partied all night long, and sang their same What If song” (from a Shel Silverstein poem)
A Nationally Juried Exhibit
What If??
“Last night while I lay thinking here, some What Ifs crawled inside my ear, and pranced and partied all night long, and sang their same What If song” (from a Shel Silverstein poem)
Donald Dahlke / Agglomerations
Dianne Jean Erickson / Object and Line
Donald: My concept of visual art is a process of discovery not bound by artistic convention. My approach is experimental and combines geometric and organic techniques creating entities reflecting my perception of a complex world.
Dianne: In my last two series "Women With Attitude" and "Stacked," I used a great deal of color. In this new series "Object and Line," I wanted to simplify color and object, keeping this statement in mind, "what is not included is as important as what is..." The background becomes as important as the object within.
Dianne Jean Erickson / Object and Line
Donald: My concept of visual art is a process of discovery not bound by artistic convention. My approach is experimental and combines geometric and organic techniques creating entities reflecting my perception of a complex world.
Dianne: In my last two series "Women With Attitude" and "Stacked," I used a great deal of color. In this new series "Object and Line," I wanted to simplify color and object, keeping this statement in mind, "what is not included is as important as what is..." The background becomes as important as the object within.
Open Channels - Jon Gottshall with Kerry Davis and Anna Daedalus - November 3-26
In the Zone - Serena Barton with Jo Grishman - October 6 - 29
My aim in this body of work is to express the essence of my passions and the excitement of learning itself in visual form.
My aim in this body of work is to express the essence of my passions and the excitement of learning itself in visual form.
About Face - Mark Danley
Mark turns the camera on himself...
Mark turns the camera on himself...
RED SCARE - Ruth Ross with Diane Kendall
There was no doubt that the “witch hunts” of the 40’s and 50’s, which resulted in the deaths of the Ethel and Julius Rosenberg impacted profoundly my parent’s sense of security. We fled without telling anybody. And most of this was never discussed again.
There was no doubt that the “witch hunts” of the 40’s and 50’s, which resulted in the deaths of the Ethel and Julius Rosenberg impacted profoundly my parent’s sense of security. We fled without telling anybody. And most of this was never discussed again.
We Are All In This Together
Showcasing New Members' work in our Main Gallery
Donald Dahlke, Kay Henning Danley, Dianne Jean Erickson, Jeffrey Fuchs, Sharon Servilio
Established members' work featured in our South Gallery
Pat Barrett, Serena Barton, Mark Danley, Jon Gottshall, Joanie Krug, Jeff Leake, Maude Anne May, James Reed, Ruth Ros
Showcasing New Members' work in our Main Gallery
Donald Dahlke, Kay Henning Danley, Dianne Jean Erickson, Jeffrey Fuchs, Sharon Servilio
Established members' work featured in our South Gallery
Pat Barrett, Serena Barton, Mark Danley, Jon Gottshall, Joanie Krug, Jeff Leake, Maude Anne May, James Reed, Ruth Ros
Is It Done Yet? Juried Exhibition
Juried exhibition, artists: Kayla Beware, Kelly Borrero, Kate Clevenger, only Furtado, Nancy Helmsworth, Chip Ingram, Robin Kerr, Joe Latomirsky, James McKenna, Dorsadaf Moinzad, Kristine Riddle, Preeti Schaden, Greer Siegel, Shannon Tallcouch, Jack Upston, Lars Westby, Alan Wieder, Kory Woolons.
Juried exhibition, artists: Kayla Beware, Kelly Borrero, Kate Clevenger, only Furtado, Nancy Helmsworth, Chip Ingram, Robin Kerr, Joe Latomirsky, James McKenna, Dorsadaf Moinzad, Kristine Riddle, Preeti Schaden, Greer Siegel, Shannon Tallcouch, Jack Upston, Lars Westby, Alan Wieder, Kory Woolons.
Be Our Guest
An invitational exhibit. Each of our member artists invited a “guest artist” to be part of this exhibit, so there is a diverse range of wonderful art. Each artist will display three works. Invited artists - (invited by member), Jaleesa Johnston (James Reed), Kelli MacConnell (Jeffrey Fuchs), William Hernandez (Joanie Krug), Kerry Davis & Anna Daedalus (Jon Gottshall), Eleen Graham (Mark Danley), Colleen Monette (Maude May), Jack Upston (Pat Barrett), Nancy Jo Mullen (Dianne Jean Erickson), Cyrus Glance (Ruth Ross), Will Kendall (Jeffrey Leake)
An invitational exhibit. Each of our member artists invited a “guest artist” to be part of this exhibit, so there is a diverse range of wonderful art. Each artist will display three works. Invited artists - (invited by member), Jaleesa Johnston (James Reed), Kelli MacConnell (Jeffrey Fuchs), William Hernandez (Joanie Krug), Kerry Davis & Anna Daedalus (Jon Gottshall), Eleen Graham (Mark Danley), Colleen Monette (Maude May), Jack Upston (Pat Barrett), Nancy Jo Mullen (Dianne Jean Erickson), Cyrus Glance (Ruth Ross), Will Kendall (Jeffrey Leake)
Undercurrent
Pat Barrett: My paintings evolve from the physical act of mark-making to the formation of visual patches of color and value. These structures become holders for the ideas and emotions that are influencing the developing painting. I don’t use formulaic strategies. So, it’s critical that I remain alert and open when painting. I am looking for those opportunities that appear during the process that help give structure to whatever it is that I am paying attention to on the most intuitive level. These are matters that for me can only be mediated through the act of painting.
Pat Barrett: My paintings evolve from the physical act of mark-making to the formation of visual patches of color and value. These structures become holders for the ideas and emotions that are influencing the developing painting. I don’t use formulaic strategies. So, it’s critical that I remain alert and open when painting. I am looking for those opportunities that appear during the process that help give structure to whatever it is that I am paying attention to on the most intuitive level. These are matters that for me can only be mediated through the act of painting.
p:ear
For the first time in two years p:ear youth will unleash a new collection of artworks in partnership with Gallery 114. Additionally p:ear will be joining forces with Outside the Frame for a thrilling collection of work that highlights life in Portland during the global pandemic. This collection will include contemporary pop art, mixed-media formats , print art and photography. All of which will be capped off by an immersive video installation hosted by Outside the Frame and p:ear youth DJs. www.pearmentor.org and www.outsidethe frame.org All profits from sales were donated to p:ear.
For the first time in two years p:ear youth will unleash a new collection of artworks in partnership with Gallery 114. Additionally p:ear will be joining forces with Outside the Frame for a thrilling collection of work that highlights life in Portland during the global pandemic. This collection will include contemporary pop art, mixed-media formats , print art and photography. All of which will be capped off by an immersive video installation hosted by Outside the Frame and p:ear youth DJs. www.pearmentor.org and www.outsidethe frame.org All profits from sales were donated to p:ear.
Apocalypse - Jan/Feb 2022 - Juried exhibit
Trauma/Culture - December 2022 - curated by Bobby Fouther
Co-Operate - November 2021 - Gallery member exhibit
Wish you were here - October 2021 - Art by Maude May, guest artist Leah Kohlenberg
ZIGZAG - September 2021 - Joanie Krug, with guest artists Sue Friesz and Kay Danley
Hagiography -August 2021 - Paintings by Jeff Leake
Self/Conscious - July 2021 - Layered textile prints Ruth Ross
Works on Paper - June 2021 - Bryn Harding, guest artist Brandi Kruse
Floodplain - April 2021 - Art photography by Jon Gottshall
These Truths - March 2021 - Juried Exhibit with True Home and member group exhibit
Failsafe - February 2021 - WAVE Contemporary guest artists, Collin Richard, Hannah Newman and Midgray
Hindsight - January 2021 - Juried Exhibit
Trauma/Culture - December 2022 - curated by Bobby Fouther
Co-Operate - November 2021 - Gallery member exhibit
Wish you were here - October 2021 - Art by Maude May, guest artist Leah Kohlenberg
ZIGZAG - September 2021 - Joanie Krug, with guest artists Sue Friesz and Kay Danley
Hagiography -August 2021 - Paintings by Jeff Leake
Self/Conscious - July 2021 - Layered textile prints Ruth Ross
Works on Paper - June 2021 - Bryn Harding, guest artist Brandi Kruse
Floodplain - April 2021 - Art photography by Jon Gottshall
These Truths - March 2021 - Juried Exhibit with True Home and member group exhibit
Failsafe - February 2021 - WAVE Contemporary guest artists, Collin Richard, Hannah Newman and Midgray
Hindsight - January 2021 - Juried Exhibit